The first week of February will bring plenty of earnings and a handful of economic data
The first week of February is fairly light in terms of economic data, but jobs data will be in the spotlight toward the latter half of the week. On the earnings front, Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Eli Lilly (LLY), PayPal (PYPL), PepsiCo (PEP), Pfizer (PFE), Shopify (SHOP), Snap (SNAP), Strategy (MSTR), Take-Two Interactive (TTWO), Tapestry (TPR), Tyson Foods (TSN), Qualcomm (QCOM), Uber (UBER), and Walt Disney (DIS) are just some of the companies reporting next week.
Below is the schedule of key market events for the week ahead. All economic dates are tentative and subject to change.
Monday, Feb. 2 will bring auto sales as well as the ISM manufacturing index.
Job openings and the ISM services index are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Wednesday, Feb. 4, features ADP employment data.
Regularly scheduled jobs data is on tap Thursday, Feb. 5, along with a speech from Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic.
Friday, Feb. 6, will bring the employment report, hourly wages, consumer sentiment, and consumer credit data.